Re: Fire blamed on D&S
| December 16, 2018 09:25AM |
Sensationalist journalism, IMHO. A reader with no background would come away with the impression that the D&S brought this hazard to Durango and has been getting away with criminal negligence for decades, all the while sticking the taxpayers with the cost. The author conveniently leaves a number of points that would have added a little historical perspective (not to mention balance) to the story. Among the minor missing details are:
Unfortunately, the younger generation today has little appreciation for history.
/Kevin Madore
- [*] The town grew up around the railroad, not the other way around. The railroad is as old as Durango.
[*] The D&S takes many precautions to prevent fires which the D&RGW never did. Some of those precautions are actually visible in the photo in the article.
[*] The railroad has added precautions since many of the historical fires which the author mentions.
[*] It is likely that the reason the railroad is able to negotiate on the costs of fire suppression is that it is nearly impossible to prove definitively that the railroad caused any given fire. All they have is the "preponderance of the evidence", not a "smoking gun."
[*] Amazingly, the author fails to mention the significant economic hit that Durango took when the railroad was shut down for the most recent fire. Without the railroad, there are just not a boat-load of reasons for people to visit the place.
Unfortunately, the younger generation today has little appreciation for history.
/Kevin Madore
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Greg Scholl | December 16, 2018 08:41AM |
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KevinM | December 16, 2018 09:25AM |
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Ron Keagle | December 16, 2018 10:28AM |
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rehunn | December 16, 2018 10:47AM |
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Tomstp | December 16, 2018 10:58AM |
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Mike | December 16, 2018 10:48AM |
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